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Well, in 1950, I took a little nip
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along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississippi.
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We was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine
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and we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans.
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Now, the man told daddy that he had what it took
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and he liked the way he sang and he liked the way he shook.
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He said pretty soon he'd make us all rich
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and we started believing that fat sum bitch.
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Daddy told the man: "If you wanna make some dough,
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take a little money and book me on a show".
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And we played them dates and we filled the places well
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but Hank he'd done blowed the profits all to hell.
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'Cause he'd run through a 10 and he'd run through a 20
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and he'd run through a 100 just as fast as it could go.
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Like a big dose of sauce to a little bitty fella,
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he'd spend a 1000 dollars on a 100 dollar show.
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Hank looked at me with a funny looking grin,
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said: "I've been to the Opry and I'm going back again".
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We met the owner in a little office there
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and a big fat fella with some artificial hair.
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He told Hank he wanted half of everything he made
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or he'd have to tell Audrey 'bout some women Hank had laid.
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And you told daddy he'd better get smart,
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get rid of them fellas and make a new start.
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And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers
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and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go.
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He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt
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and he fired some people that he didn't even know.
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Well, every song he made it went to number one,
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y'all was working like hell and you was having fun.
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We was riding every day and playing every night
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and every 20 minutes some of us had a fight.
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Now, daddy he was making money hand over fist
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and y'all was getting screwed but you wasn't getting kissed.
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Yeah, I told him to pass a little bit around
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but he said he'd rather send it to his folks in Alabama.
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So, he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers
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and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go.
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He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt
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and he fired some people that he didn't even know.
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Now, the owner of the Opry, he's a doing pretty good,
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he's got a music company that they call Cedarwood.
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And Hank played nothing but sold out halls
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and I was pumping gas in greasy overalls.
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'Cause he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers
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and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go.
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He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt
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and he fired some people that he didn't even know
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Hank run through a 50 and he'd run through a 100
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and he'd run through a 1000 just as hard as he could go.
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Buying Cadillac coots, paying double alimony
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and he fired some people that he didn't even know.
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